Given that we now live in a digital age, there are newer and better ways of keeping children entertained while making sure that they are receiving an education at the same time, and over in Sydney, Australia, Samsung has teamed up with the Sydney Opera House and come up with an interesting way of educating kids who visit the venue.
This new digital learning experience will be aimed at Year 3 & 4 students who tour the Sydney Opera House. The students will be given Samsung Galaxy Tab S tablets that they will carry with them while they tour the location and will be accompanied by an app called “The Quest To Stop The Mischief-Making Opera Ghost”.
The app will react to Bluetooth beacons placed throughout the venue and will then display contextual information who will then teach the children about the Opera House as they walk. There will be multiple choice questions posed to children in the app in the form of a game to make the experience a bit more entertaining.
According to Dr. Rachel Perry, the project’s Education Consultant, “Technology is undeniably a part of day-to-day life for most children from a very early age. We need to embrace this and use technology in education as a way to engage children and to maximise learning outcomes.” Pretty cool, huh?